Visit a link below to view the academic calendar:
Fall 2021 |
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| | Accelerated BSN | MSN & DNP | Nurse Anesthesia | PhD |
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New Student Orientation | August 18-20 | August 18 | August 18 | August 17 - Graduate School
August 19 -
Nursing PhD |
| Convocation | August 18 at 4 p.m.
(For new Graduate and Professional School Students) |
| First Day of Classes | August 23 |
| Drop/Add Deadline | September 3 |
Labor Day Holiday
(No classes held) | September 6 |
Founders' Day Convocation
(tentative) | September 23 or 24 at 5 p.m. |
| Founders' Day | September 26 |
| Fall Break Begins | October 2-10 | October 2 | October 11 | October 2 |
| Classes Resume | October 11 | October 6 | October 12 | October 6 |
| Shopping Carts Open for Spring 2022 | October 18 |
| Registration Begins for Spring 2022 | October 27 |
| Registration Ends for Spring 2022 | November 8 |
| Drop/Add Begins for Spring 2022 | November 9 |
| Classes End | November 23 | November 23 | November 30
(Clinical Practicum Courses: N944 & N947) | November 23 |
| Thanksgiving Recess Begins | November 24-28 | November 24 | November 25-28 | November 24 |
| Reading Period | November 24-29 | November 24-December 7 | November 25-December 5 | November 24-December 7 |
| Final Exams Begin | November 30 | December 8 | December 6 | December 8 |
| Final Exams End | December 3 | December 13 | December 10 | December 13 |
| ATI Live Review | December 6-7
(mandatory for 4th semester students) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Spring 2022 Clinical Practicum Courses Begin | N/A | N/A | December 1
(N942, N945, N948) | N/A |
| DUSON Fall Graduation Ceremony | December 11 at 10 a.m.
Duke University Chapel
Non applicable for PhD students |
Spring 2022 |
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| | Accelerated BSN | MSN & DNP | Nurse Anesthesia | PhD |
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New Student Orientation | January 3-7 | January 3 | N/A | N/A |
First Day of Classes
(The Monday class meeting schedule is in effect on this day) | January 5 | January 5 | January 3
(Spring Didactic Courses Begin) | January 5 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
(No classes are held) | January 17 |
| Drop/Add Ends | January 19 |
| Summer 2022 Registration Begins | February 14 |
| Spring Break Begins | March 5 | March 5 | March 7 | March 5 |
| Classes Resume | March 14 | March 14 | March 8 | March 14 |
| Fall 2022 Shopping Carts Open | March 21 |
| Fall 2022 Registration Begins | March 30 |
| Fall 2022 Registration Ends | April 7 |
| Fall 2022 Drop/Add Begins | April 8 |
| Classes End | April 11 | April 13 | April 13
(Didactic) | April 13 |
| Reading Period | April 14-24
(Non applicable for ABSN students) |
| Final Exams Begin | April 12 | April 25 | April 25 | April 25 |
| Final Exams End | April 15 | April 30 | April 30 | April 30 |
| Clinical Practicum Ends | N/A | N/A | April 30
(N942, N945, N948) | N/A |
| Clinical Practicum Begins | N/A | N/A | May 1
(Summer 2022: N943, N945, N948) | N/A |
ATI Live Review
(4th semester only) | May 2-3 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Commencement Weekend | May 6-8 |
| DUSON Graduation Ceremony | To Be Determined |
Summer 2022 |
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| | Accelerated BSN | MSN & DNP | Nurse Anesthesia | PhD |
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First Day of Classes | May 10 | May 11 | May 9 | May 11 |
Drop/Add Deadline | May 25 |
Memorial Day Holiday
(No classes held) | May 30 |
Juneteenth
(No classes held) | June 20 |
Independence Holiday
(No classes held) | July 4 |
| Classes End | August 1 | August 4 | July 29 | August 4 |
| Clinical Practicum Ends | N/A | N/A | July 31
(N943, N946, N949) | N/A |
| Clinical Practicum Begins | N/A | N/A | August 1
(Fall 2022: N944, N947) | N/A |
| Reading Period | August 5
(Not applicable for ABSN students) |
| Final Exams Begin | August 2 | August 5 | August 5 | August 5 |
| Final Exams End | August 5 | August 7 | August 7 | August 7 |
